The next day was New Year’s Eve.
Uncle Jiang got up early in the morning and went to the supermarket alone. This was a habit he developed over the years when he ran a store in his hometown. On New Year's Eve, the store would also be open for half a day. After closing in the afternoon, the whole family would gather on the second floor to happily have a New Year's Eve dinner.
Aunt Jiang stayed at home with her two daughters to clean. In previous years, when I spent the New Year in my hometown, there was a small shop downstairs, and all kinds of New Year goods were pushed everywhere in the house, so no matter how hard I cleaned, the house would still be just like that, and at most it would look tidy and clean visually.
But this year is different. This year, her family is in Kyoto. Not only are the supermarket and the house separated, but the house they live in is also finely decorated, and an auntie comes to clean the house every day.
Although the aunt is on vacation these days, they are not idle either. Even if they are busy and tired from running the store every day, they will clean up the house when they come back at night.
I have never lived in such a decent and luxurious house in my life. Needless to say, the Jiang family cherishes this house as much as their own eyes.
The floor is polished every day and every corner of the house is spotless.
Jiang Qingzhou got up early and went out, wanting to join the cleaning team, but was immediately rejected by the mother and daughter. They pushed him back to his room and asked him to take a nap.
She said that they had almost taken care of the household hygiene and there was no need for his help. She also said that he didn't need to worry about the hygiene at home and just needed to take good care of Xiao Huo.
After being pushed back to his room, Jiang Qingzhou walked around the room and woke up Huo Jinyu.
I used a cell phone alarm.
It was a bit beyond his expectation that after he woke Huo Jinyu up with the alarm on his mobile phone, Huo Jinyu was not angry or annoyed at all. Instead, she bared her teeth at him and smiled particularly brightly (silly).
"Xiao Jiang, how did you know I was going to get up? You're so considerate."
"Come... give me a hug."
Jiang Qingzhou's mouth twitched, and he threw the pillow at Huo Jinyu. Huo Jinyu opened his arms and naturally caught it and held it in his arms. If he couldn't hold the real person, it would be the same to hold the real person's pillow.
After all, he hasn't achieved the right result yet. When he does...
There was no need to ask, he just pulled it into his arms, just like this pillow, he could hold it however he wanted.
"Today is New Year's Eve, get up... get yourself ready, it's time for you to go back to the Huo family."
Huo Jinyu hugged the pillow and rubbed it, with the smile on her lips: "My old lady and old grandfather gave me a holiday and said I don't have to go back this year. - Are you surprised?"
There was only surprise, no joy.
When Jiang Qingzhou heard Huo Jinyu's opening words, he knew that if he wanted to kick Huo Jinyu out today, the difficulty level would be ten stars or more.
After sorting out his thoughts, Jiang Qingzhou began to ask indirectly, "How many days of vacation will your uncle and aunt give you?"
Huo Jinyu chuckled twice: "From the end of the year to the beginning of the year, how about it? My vacation is long, right?"
"." Jiang Qingzhou was silent for a second, then said, "Today is the end of the year, and tomorrow is the beginning of the year. This holiday is indeed very 'long'."
At the end, he sighed again: "It's so long that I can sleep tonight and it will be over tomorrow."
Huo Jinyu was stunned.
I was so happy that I forgot today is the 30th and tomorrow is the 1st.
Huo Jinyu quickly changed the subject and said, "We will be on holiday starting tomorrow, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, for a whole year."
This time, Jiang Qingzhou remained silent for even longer. He couldn't figure out why the two elders of the Huo family would give Huo Jinyu a whole year's vacation. Aren't they afraid that he would get into trouble outside
After thinking hard for a while without any clue, Jiang Qingzhou simply asked: "Can I know why your aunt and uncle approved such annual leave for you?"
"You know, my parents don't care about my life-long affairs at all..." Huo Jinyu said this, pretending to sigh and spreading his hands, "Of course I can't count on them. Then I asked them for permission to move in with you, and learn from you, and strive to be a good husband who can be good at both the living room and the kitchen."
"Next New Year, I promise to bring them a beautiful and capable daughter-in-law."
Jiang Qingzhou listened to Huo Jinyu's unrealistic visions of a better future and just wanted to say one thing to the two elders of the Huo family -
It's no use trying any random tricks when you're sick!
This guy Huo Jinyu is obviously making big promises for the two elders of the Huo family.
Not to mention the next New Year, even in the next New Year after that, Huo Jinyu would not find a girlfriend.
"—I have already bought a house, it's right across from yours." The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. He didn't believe that Jiang Qingzhou would not be tempted by his beauty and sweet cannons that he had been hanging around under Jiang Qingzhou's nose all year round.
"…Right? You bought it for 702?" Jiang Qingzhou's eyelids jumped, and he said hesitantly.
The house that Huo Jinyu gave him was a fully furnished apartment, so there were two households on each floor.
Moreover, if I remember correctly, Room 702 should have had an owner before, and they were a young couple who had just gotten married.
"Since I said I wanted to learn from you, I must live closer so that I can come to your place to learn from you at any time." Huo Jinyu was very pleased with himself, showing his big white teeth. "As a reward for my learning from you, I will put the house in your name directly, and the property certificate is being processed on an expedited basis."
Jiang Qingzhou was confused. How come he was going to have another property under his name
"By the way... In your hometown, what kind of entertainment activities do you usually have after eating the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve?"
Huo Jinyu changed the topic too quickly and he was a little slow to respond.
“… I usually watch the Spring Festival Gala at home, and if there are enough people at home, I will play cards or mahjong while watching the gala. Um… The chess and card room will be more lively, and there will be some small pai gow when there are many people.”
"I see."
You know what, you know, with a thoughtful look.
Thanks to Huo Jinyu's constant thinking, Jiang Qingzhou temporarily forgot that he had acquired another property under his name.
Huo Jinyu jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom to wash up. After coming out, he went into the cloakroom and started looking for something. He rummaged through the drawers and cabinets, and the small cloakroom was filled with the loud "ding-dong" noises he made.
Jiang Qingzhou, who was tidying up the room, heard the noise and poked his head into the cloakroom. Looking at the messy cloakroom, he frowned and asked, "What are you looking for?"
Huo Jinyu was busy searching the closet and picking up clothes on the hangers. When she heard the familiar voice behind her, she didn't even turn around and said, "Look for the set of clothes your aunt bought for me the last time I went to your house. Isn't that strange? I can't find it no matter how hard I try."
The eyes behind the lenses opened and closed, and Jiang Qingzhou took a deep breath: "Come out."
Huo Jinyu didn't even raise her head as she continued to search through the boxes for his clothes. She only replied, "Hmm?"
"Huo Jinyu! Come out here." Jiang Qingzhou shouted in a louder tone.
Huo Jinyu said "Oh", put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the cloakroom like a good boy.
Jiang Qingzhou opened one of the wardrobes next to him and took out Huo Jinyu's clothes. Huo Jinyu suddenly realized, "It was in your wardrobe. Why couldn't I find it?"
"What are you looking for this suit for?"
"Yes."
Huo Jinyu pulled the pajamas on her body. Jiang Qingzhou opened his lips slightly and was about to say something, but when he saw Huo Jinyu taking off her clothes, he had to turn his back.
Similarly, Huo Jinyu saw Jiang Qingzhou's almost subconscious avoidance behavior and said with an ambiguous sound: "Last night you said that you have everything I have. Now you act like a shy little girl again. You are so fickle."
"I'm not a pervert, so I don't have the bad habit of watching and appreciating other men's naked bodies."
After saying this, Jiang Qingzhou left the cloakroom.
Huo Jinyu clicked his tongue again.
He changed his clothes very quickly. He put on a thin fleece sweatshirt with a hood on the back, casual pants, sunglasses, and a mask, and finally pushed down the hood.
After being fully armed, he ran to the bathroom to look in the mirror, making sure his face was covered so that not even a scratch could be seen before nodding with satisfaction.
"I'm going out for a while."
"Wait a minute!"
When Huo Jinyu was about to leave, Jiang Qingzhou stopped him and pointed in the direction of the cloakroom: "You made the mess yourself, clean it up yourself."
Huo Jinyu did not refuse: "I will come back to clean up later."
Jiang Qingzhou said softly but firmly: "What if I really want you to clean it up now?"
"Pick it up right away."
Huo Jinyu responded very straightforwardly, but when he was working -
It's not that straightforward. I can only stare at the pile of clothes that have been rolled into a small ball.
The young master, who grew up in a luxurious house with fine clothes and delicious food, has never mastered the skill of folding clothes.
But this is not a problem for him, as he has hands, feet and a cell phone. Ever since he blew up the kitchen last time, the person he likes gently told him that in the future, if he encounters something he doesn’t understand or is unsure about, he can first use his cell phone to “search” on Baidu.
Huo Jinyu said that he had learned something and kept it in mind. Next time when he encountered questions that he didn't understand and were beyond the syllabus, he would take out his mobile phone to search for it immediately.
Type five words in the input bar [How to fold clothes]
The next second, a lot of information and related videos popped up.
Huo Jinyu raised his eyebrows proudly. There was nothing that the Fourth Master of Kyoto could not do, except things that he did not want to do.
The same goes for pursuing your wife.
Thinking about pursuing his wife, Huo Jinyu couldn't help but think back to those years when he pursued Song Yan with great fanfare. He felt ashamed!
After he came to his senses and found someone he truly loved, he suddenly realized that his feelings for Song Yan were simply the kind of love a brother has for his sister.
He likes Song Yan, but this kind of liking is not a kind of love-struck feeling.
On the contrary, his love for Jiang Qingzhou was genuine. He would miss her when he couldn't see her, and when he saw her, he couldn't help wanting to get closer, closer...
He wanted Jiang Qingzhou to have only him in his eyes and heart, just like him.
Fortunately, Song Yan has never agreed to his pursuit, so he is still innocent... I forgot that I gave my first time to my wife last night.
He confessed everything the first time, and his wife also examined his body, so he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.
During this time, Jiang Qingzhou went into the cloakroom again out of concern, and found that Huo Jinyu had actually copied the clothes folding tutorial on her phone and folded the clothes in a very professional manner, so he praised her, "Not bad."
My wife praised me. Huo Jinyu raised his head proudly, chuckled, and energetically folded the clothes that he had messed up and put them in the closet below.
After checking the posts, Jiang Qingzhou said before leaving: "You'd better put on the mask and sunglasses. The more you can cover, the better. The scratches on your face are too obvious, which affects the appearance of the city."
A "click" sound -
Huo Jinyu heard the sound of his heart breaking into eight hundred pieces and then blooming one by one.
His wife thinks he is ugly.
—Tong Jiuchen! You bastard, it's all your fault.
Next time I won’t beat you... If I scold you so hard that you have to behave like a dog with your tail between your legs, I will change my surname to Jiang like my wife.
… Eh? Wait a minute… My wife and I have the surname Jiang, Jiang, Jin, Yu…
Huo Jinyu recited it several times. The more he recited it, the more fluent it became. The more he recited it, the happier he became. His heart, which had just been broken into eight hundred pieces, was put back together again by the time he changed his name.
An increasingly clear idea slowly crossed his mind. If he became a son-in-law of the Jiang family, he would not need to change his surname. He could just put his wife's surname before Huo's.
Jiang Huo Jinyu.
It sounds better than Huo Jinyu and Jiang Jinyu. As soon as you hear the name, you know that Jiang Qingzhou and Huo Jinyu are a couple.
Huo Jinyu was thinking very happily, but Jiang Qingzhou had no idea that a young master with a wild imagination had secretly wanted to take a shortcut by recommending himself to the two elders of the Jiang family in order to become a son-in-law of the Jiang family.
Jiang Qingzhou really didn't know, otherwise he would have been kicked out by some whimsical young master and then kicked out.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, the Jiang family's New Year's Eve dinner was almost ready, and now they were just waiting for Uncle Jiang to come back. Oh... they had forgotten Huo Jinyu.
"Zhou Zhou, give Xiao Huo another call and ask him when he can get home?"
"Yuehong, call your dad again and urge him to go. Put up a poster at the entrance of the supermarket saying that it will be closed soon. Go home."
Aunt Jiang had just finished speaking and Jiang Qingzhou had just picked up the phone. Before he could make a call, there was a "click" sound at the entrance, and the door opened.
Everyone is here, and Huo Jinyu is here.
Behind him were several men in black suits. Two of them were carrying a dark brown, oval wooden table with a leather outer edge. They carried it carefully and placed it flush with the dining table in the living room.
"Xiao Huo, what are you doing?"
"This is a game table specially made for playing poker, mahjong and pai gow. Put it here first, and then move it over after the house opposite is renovated."
After Huo Jinyu finished explaining, he winked and smiled at Aunt Jiang, but his large sunglasses covered half of his face, so it would be impossible to see without the X-ray glasses.
"I asked Xiao Jiang, and he told me that in your hometown of Nanning, after the New Year's Eve dinner, people either play cards, mahjong, or Pai Gow. As for me, I just made a three-in-one game. You can play whichever you want tonight?"
"Look, I've got all the chips ready."
Huo Jinyu tilted his head to signal, and immediately a man in a black suit put the gift box in his hand on the game table. The gift boxes with three or four layers were in the form of drawers, and the man in the black suit pulled out the drawer box on the top layer first.
Suddenly, a golden light flashed, almost blinding the Jiang family members.
Ah—he exclaimed in surprise.
"Wow! A whole drawer full of gold leaves, my god!! The craftsmanship is so beautiful, just like real gold leaves."
The man in the black suit pulled out a second drawer, which was full of gold coins.
Jiang Yuehong's eyes flashed, and she grabbed a few gold coins in her hand, and said in surprise: "This gold coin is also very delicately made, and there are even various small animals carved on it, so cute!"
The third drawer was also opened, and it was filled with gold ingots. The gold ingots were a circle larger than the acupressure cover, plump and round.
"Ahhh—gold ingots. So many gold ingots."
The drawer on the fourth layer of the last layer was also opened, and it contained various small fruit pendants made of gold.
Every time a layer was opened, the eyes of the Jiang family mother and daughter would dazzle. In the end, even Aunt Jiang could not help but grab a handful of gold ingots in one hand and a handful of golden fruits in the other, they were so rare.
"How about it? These chips I got are pretty good, aren't they?" Huo Jinyu casually grabbed a handful of golden fruits made of pure gold and waved them in front of Jiang Yueying. "Little girl, do you want some?"
Jiang Yueying's eyes followed the golden fruits and she nodded wildly.
"I'm the banker tonight. How much you can win depends on your ability."
"Zundujiadu?" Jiang Yueying was so happy that she blurted out the latest popular internet memes.
Huo Jinyu patted Jiang Yueying on the forehead and gave a sincere suggestion: "Go and pray to the three old gods quickly. Try to get some help before it's too late. Maybe the old gods will see you at this time and burn incense for them. They will pity your sincerity and give you a red light all the way tonight, so that you can win big."
Jiang Yueying nodded her head, and hurried to burn incense for the old immortal. Halfway through, she turned back to pull Jiang Yuehong, Aunt Jiang, and Jiang Qingzhou along.
May the gods bless you! Of course, everyone in the family should have one.
Just after the worship, Uncle Jiang came back. Before he could even drink a sip of water, his little daughter took him to the old immortal to worship and burn three incense sticks.
After all family members have paid their respects, the New Year’s Eve dinner officially begins.
Huo Jinyu finally took off the mask and sunglasses on his face.
There was silence at the dinner table.
Jiang Qingzhou blinked, a look of disbelief on his face. His next reaction was to take off his glasses, rub his eyes with his hands to make sure that his eyes were normal, and then put his glasses back on.
I was not seeing things, I was not mistaken, there was no trace of any scratches or cuts on Huo Jinyu's face or neck.
Huo Jinyu was almost melted by Jiang Qingzhou's cute little movements. He moved his face closer to Jiang Qingzhou so that Jiang Qingzhou could see more carefully: "How is it? Doesn't it affect the city appearance now?"
Translated, it means it's not ugly now.
Jiang Qingzhou stretched out his hand and pinched Huo Jinyu's face. It was so smooth, like pinching a ball of slippery jelly. A light gradually lit up in the depths of his pupils, and he asked curiously, "How did you do it?"
"I went to Da Zhang's place and he put a piece of, uh, I think it's called... Oh! Fish glue skin on my face and neck. Da Zhang said that putting this on is like putting a layer of protective film on the face. It will be healed after four or five days."
"Director Zhang is truly a miracle doctor! He can cure anything."
As soon as Huo Jinyu finished speaking, Uncle Jiang was the first to speak, as if he was already a die-hard fan of Zhang Mingshi.
The other members of the Jiang family are also Zhang Mingshi’s number one fans. They praised Zhang Mingshi again and again at the New Year’s Eve dinner table.
The lively and cheerful New Year's Eve dinner ended at almost seven o'clock, and the location was changed from the dining table to the game table.
Huo Jinyu was the banker, and four golden boxes were lined up next to him.
"If you bet small, you win small. If you bet big, you win big. Your chips can be 10, 20, 50, or 100 yuan, which correspond to one of my gold leaves, one gold coin, one gold ingot, and one gold fruit respectively."
Uncle Jiang shook his head and said, "No, this stakes is not fair at all. Xiao Huo, you are at a disadvantage!"
Huo Jinyu crossed his arms and said mysteriously, "That's not necessarily true. Has uncle forgotten my luck?"
Uncle Jiang shut his mouth.
Huo Jinyu patted the box of gold beside him and said, "This is just a bait to lure you to place more bets. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a 'child'. I am very confident in my luck. I will definitely kill everyone tonight. You can only watch, but hey~ you can't win~~~"
Jiang Qingzhou stretched out his hand and pinched Huo Jinyu silently, who had a very naughty tone. Huo Jinyu also cooperated quite well and made a "hiss" sound with the right expression.
"Brother Huo, you are so bad." The young man was so great, he was simply her hand substitute.
Huo Jinyu replied in a dragging tone: "If a man is not bad, he can't win money."
"I will definitely win!" Jiang Yueying clenched her fist to cheer herself up, "Let Brother Huo lose and only be able to wear a bitter tea dress."
"Little girl, don't brag." Relying on his height, Huo Jinyu patted Jiang Yueying on the forehead, "Let's see the real tricks at the Pai Gow table."
"Let's meet, who's afraid of who?"
Just as Huo Jinyu said, he was very lucky. When he was the banker, he was able to win nine games in a row and he was invincible.
This incredible gambling luck made the Jiang family members "killed" and confused. They finally understood the chess club and chess and card room in their hometown. Those who had played chess or mahjong with Huo Jinyu would turn around and run away when they saw Huo Jinyu again.
There is no hope of winning at all. Who can bear to keep losing money
"Xiao Yueying, I told you that you can only stare blankly."
After winning nine games in a row, Huo Jinyu was in such a good mood that he even stabbed Jiang Yueying in the heart while showing off.
"Nine is the number of the highest. You have already reached the peak. I don't believe you can still beat the three of us in the tenth hand." Jiang Qingzhou said, and calmly took out ten red bills from the chips beside him, and then smiled slightly, "One thousand, bet on it."
Jiang Yueying was the first to follow suit. She counted one thousand and slapped her hands on the table. Anyway, she had a lot of pocket money this year and couldn't spend it all. "I believe what the little brother said, I'll follow suit with one thousand. If it weren't for the cap of one thousand, I could have bet even more. Brother Huo, you'll lose so much that you won't even have the last piece of bitter tea to wear."
Jiang Yuehong was the second one: "I also think what Zhou Zhou said makes sense. Let Qianqian go with one thousand."
Aunt Jiang was the third one: "I believe in Zhou Zhou too. The supermarket business is good this year and our family is not short of money. I will give him one thousand."
Uncle Jiang was the last one. He laughed and said, "I will definitely follow the main group. -Hahaha, Xiao Huo, my Zhou Zhou has been steady since he was a child. He never does anything he is not sure of. Here! One thousand, follow."
Huo Jinyu smiled confidently: "I think I can still get a ten-kill streak."